Pierpont Culinary Students Riding That Train

Pierpont students and chef instructor Jay Mahoney join the West Virginia ACF chapter for local fundraiser. Eight students from PC&TC cooked on the New River Train Excursion from Huntington, WV to Hinton, WV over the 24th and 25th of October. Over eleven hundred folks were taxied by 28 assorted railroad cars comprised from all over the country. Staffed by a variety of folks from abroad as well as locally. The 16 hour trip followed the CSX line traveling up the New River Gorge stopping in Hinton for a stroll through the street fair in celebration for the event. Culinary students from Marshall University, Mountain State University, Carver Career Center and Pierpont Community & Technical College joined together with ACF West Virginia chapter members to prepare the culinary delights for many of the travelers. PC&TC students involved were: David Carson, Ashley Gill, Rachael Harris, Joseph Woods, Kenny Poling, Jessica Dash, Lucinda Vance and Michael Cottingham.